U.S. wastes enough money to give all wounded troops yearly income

Recently, under the threat of a government shutdown, our elected officials approved a measure to increase the spending limit. How much of that money went to the Wounded Warrior Project?

One politician stated that President Obama asked for $1 million a minute for the next year; that's just over $525 billion. This nation wastes enough money to support our wounded veterans with a $50,000-a-year income for the rest of their lives.

This year alone, we will give foreign governments $14 billion in military assistance. That's money spent on training foreign armies and providing them with weapons. That's sheer madness!

Some of our young people are returning home with missing limbs, proud to have defended our freedoms, such as my being allowed to criticize our government by writing this letter. I'm sure it's difficult to find a job when an arm or a leg has been shot off.